Computer

[PrototypeFred]

Hi Guys :

I need to buy a computer laptop preferred.

That will be able to run Mastercam real good. I have a budget that is small. Are their any particular models that I can look at?

Please suggest brand names.

I know that on Mastercam.com

they tell you what to get. But those are minimum requirements.

I will be doing a lot of surfacing. So I don't want it to slow down or freeze.

[Guest]

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. I have a budget that is small.

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I will be doing a lot of surfacing. So I don't want it to slow down or freeze.

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Sorry but those two don't likely fit.

 

Best Buy has been selling a Gateway that "seems" pretty good.

 

But you have highend needs and sound like you want a low end solution.

[Jayson Kramer]

Fred email me your budget, I will see what I can come up with. is this for home or the office?

I am figuring that they are not getting this for you as your company has not shown this type of support in the past.

[PrototypeFred]

Jay you could be right. Plus the I.T. Guys at work say that all the programmers at work need brand new computers that cost about $4 grand a piece. All I know is that the computer I have also works as a printer sever for the rest of the group. And at times it really slows down.

[iowajim62]

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Plus the I.T. Guys at work say that all the programmers at work need brand new computers that cost about $4 grand a piece.

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Tell your IT guys to look around a little bit, you could easily spend 1/4 that amount and have a rocket fast work rig. Look here in the benchmark thread at this and show it to your IT guys

http://www.emastercam.com/ubb/ultimatebb.p...247;p=18#000695

[Guest]

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you could easily spend 1/4 that amount and have a rocket fast work rig

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For a desktop, oh yeah. Sadly most IT people just want to buy whatever fits the bill from Dell.

 

A laptop is a different story though.

[Jayson Kramer]

tell them to put the printer on a print server or move to a printer that has network option all ready built in you can get a laser for about $150 or less and they have both network and WiFi.

[Jayson Kramer]

I have been pointing Fred to the Dell outlet and showing him some of the M4400 laptops close to his range.

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

I've got a wireless HP Printer at home now... VERY nice...

[Hitachi]

I think the Toshiba Satellite laptops are a good deal for the money, I have one at home with a 17" widescreen and 4GB ram running an Intel Core2 Duo processor, it will run circles around anything we have here at work and the price was reasonable

 

P.S. CNC Apps Guy my 71 El Camino is sporting the original So Cal Trojans license plate frames from the 70's, vintage stuff from back in the day!

 

Elco1971

X3 MU1 Mill L3 Lathe L1 5X

SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1

Dell Xeon 2.80GHz 2.0GB Ram

NVidia Quadro FX4500

Windows XP Pro SP2

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Nice...

[bogusmill]

I've been considering one of these: D-Link DNS-323 SATA RAID Gigabit NAS

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?opti...id=58&Itemid=70

 

It has a print server for everyone attached to your router but does so much more. Has up to 2 Teribytes storage, will continue a bit torrent download after your PC is turned off, lets you access your files from any PC on the web and even host websites from it. Can store video files from security/survailence cameras and back up your critical files on your schedule.

[Matthew Hajicek - Singularity]

I wouldn't let anyone spend $4000 on a desktop for Mastercam if I could help it. I built a benchmark buster for $1500, though I already had the case and monitors. My spec is in the benchmark thread.